CVE-2025-69783
OpenEDR Bypass of Self-Defense Mechanism Local Privilege Escalation
Description
A local attacker can bypass OpenEDR's 2.5.1.0 self-defense mechanism by renaming a malicious executable to match a trusted process name (e.g., csrss.exe, edrsvc.exe, edrcon.exe). This allows unauthorized interaction with the OpenEDR kernel driver, granting access to privileged functionality such as configuration changes, process monitoring, and IOCTL communication that should be restricted to trusted components. While this issue alone does not directly grant SYSTEM privileges, it breaks OpenEDR's trust model and enables further exploitation leading to full local privilege escalation.
INFO
Published Date :
March 16, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
March 16, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2025-69783
vulnerability.
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No affected product recoded yet
Solution
- Update OpenEDR to the latest version.
- Verify self-defense mechanisms are enabled.
- Monitor for unauthorized process interactions.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2025-69783.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/ComodoSecurity/openedr | |
| https://github.com/ComodoSecurity/openedr/issues/49 | |
| https://scavengersecurity.com/posts/edr-as-rootkit-2/ | |
| https://www.openedr.com/ |
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-69783 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-69783
weaknesses.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Mar. 16, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A local attacker can bypass OpenEDR's 2.5.1.0 self-defense mechanism by renaming a malicious executable to match a trusted process name (e.g., csrss.exe, edrsvc.exe, edrcon.exe). This allows unauthorized interaction with the OpenEDR kernel driver, granting access to privileged functionality such as configuration changes, process monitoring, and IOCTL communication that should be restricted to trusted components. While this issue alone does not directly grant SYSTEM privileges, it breaks OpenEDR's trust model and enables further exploitation leading to full local privilege escalation. Added Reference https://github.com/ComodoSecurity/openedr Added Reference https://github.com/ComodoSecurity/openedr/issues/49 Added Reference https://scavengersecurity.com/posts/edr-as-rootkit-2/ Added Reference https://www.openedr.com/